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He sits silent, with his chin in his hand, looking at me. Sometimes he looks away. Your father tells me he is so eloquent; and I should like to hear him talk. He looks like such a noble young man. But with me he will never talk. And yet I am so fond of listening to brilliant imagery!"
"He is very eloquent," said Gertrude; "but he has no brilliant imagery. I have heard him talk a great deal. I knew that when they saw us they would not, come over here."
"Ah, he is making la cour, as they say, to your sister? They desire to be alone? "
"No," said Gertrude, gravely, "they have no such reason as that for being alone."
"But why doesn't he make la cour to
